Articles written by: Kyle McCarthy

Kyle McCarthy plays soccer for Villanova University and Reading United AC, a USL PDL club affiliated with Philadelphia Union. He is a senior studying communications and a native of Basking Ridge, New Jersey.

As the regular season winds down for Reading United, Reading’s Kyle McCarthy talks about his club preparing for this weekend’s big games, practicing at PPL Park, and trying to survive off the field in a … minimalist way.

It’s a tale of good soccer, long bus rides, kung fu aliens, Snickers, Gatorade, and a gun-toting guy and his waffle-eating dog. Reading United’s Kyle McCarthy takes us behind the scenes in his club’s trip to Charleston, South Carolina for what could be the toughest match they play all season.

PSP brings an uncensored look inside one of the nation’s top minor league clubs, Reading United AC, as Reading and Villanova defender Kyle McCarthy begins his weekly journal chronicling what life is really like for players in the PDL.